Kadence

Understanding Site Limits and License Usage Guidelines

While Liquid Web software plans limit your number of active websites, testing and development sites don’t count toward your limit. You can simply use one of the approved staging domains listed below for your non-production/staging sites, and they won’t impact your license limit.

Please note the list of whitelisted domains below:

Generic TLDs and local environments

Domain(s)
*.test
test.*
testing.*.*
*.local
*.localhost
*.localnet
local.*
127.0.0.1

Dev-site naming conventions

Domain(s)
dev.*, *.dev, *.dev.*
wpdev.*, webdev.*, devsite.*
dev-*, *-dev.*
qa-*
wp-maint.*

Staging naming conventions

Domain(s)
staging.*, www.staging.*
*.staging, *.staging.*
staging2.*.*
stage.*, *.stage, *.stage.*, *.stage.site
sandbox.*
composer.*
beta.*

Stellar-owned properties

Domain(s)
*.tribe, *.tri.be
*.theeventscalendar.com
*.loxi.io

Hosting-provider staging/temporary URLs

Domain(s)
*.wpengine.com, *dev.wpengine.com, *.staging.wpengine.com
staging.*.flywheelsites.com, *.flywheelstaging.com
*.myftpupload.com
*.mybluehost.me
*.dreamhosters.com, *.dream.press
*.lightningbasehosted.com
*.wpcomstaging.com
*.kinsta.cloud
*.pantheonsite.io, *.panth.io, *.pantheonlocal.com
*.cloudwaysapps.com
*.staging.wpmudev.host
*.wpstagecoach.com, *.wpsc.site
*.myraidboxes.de
*.lndo.site
*.wpstage.net
*.mystagingwebsite.com
*.ddev.site
*.nxcli.net, *.nxcli.io
*.tempurl.host, *.staging.tempurl.host
*.dev.cc
*.pluginsupportwp.com

Legacy Content for Express/Plus/Ultimate/LTD Users:

As of February 1st, 2025, we introduced a new pricing structure to make our tools more accessible and to provide flexible options for users at every level. These updates include the launch of a new entry-level plan and a shift to a per-site licensing model.

All Kadence Products are sold as Yearly Subscriptions. As long as your subscription remains active, you will have access to plugin downloads, new feature releases, security updates, bug fixes, and premium support.

Think of your Kadence subscription like a magazine subscription: it automatically renews each year using the payment information on file. 

  • We’ll send you reminders before your license renews so you’ll know when to expect it. 
  • If you disable auto-renewal, your subscription will expire one year from the date of your last purchase or renewal. 
  • Expired license holders can renew at any time to regain access to updates and support.

An active subscription ensures automatic updates for installed plugins and premium help desk support.

Plans include Limits on the number of sites.

Plan

Express

Plus

Ultimate

Lifetime Ultimate

Number of Sites

Up to 3 sites

Up to 10 sites

Up to 25 Sites
(With an option to upgrade to 1,000 sites)

Up to 25 Sites
(With an option to upgrade to 1,000 sites.)

What Counts Towards Site Limits?

Only active sites count towards your allowed sites limit. Our system will automatically ignore any staging or local development site and not count them against your allowed installations by your license key.

Filed under Accounts & Billing
Last updated: August 24, 2026
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